This Earth Is Mine is a 1959 American drama film directed by Henry King and starring Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons. The film portrays the lives and loves of the Rambeau family, a California winemaking dynasty trying to survive during Prohibition in the United States. Plot Elizabeth (Jean Simmons), an English cousin of the Rambeau family, arrives in California in 1931 for a casual visit with her aunt and uncle, only to find her future pre-determined with a pre-arranged marriage to Andre Swann, a young cousin of another branch of the family. Another cousin, John Rambeau (Rock Hudson), disagrees with those plans, informs Elizabeth that she's being married off to consolidate the family's wine holdings, hints at other dark secrets of the Rambeau family, and casually romances her. Elizabeth is conflicted over the entire series of events. The patriarch of the family, Phillipe (Claude Rains), wanting to keep the winemaking heritage of his family pure, refuses to deal with bootleggers eager for a ready-made supply of alcohol. John, however, is not so righteous, and arranges deals with Chicago gangsters for the valley's wine supply. Violence, gunplay, and wildfires ensue. Elizabeth is caught in the middle, between Andre, the gentle man she is to marry (but who wants to be a priest) and John, the passionate man ready to make a deal with the devil to survive. And John may already have started a family of his own, fathering an illegitimate child with a vineyard worker—and the woman's husband is not one to go along with the whole sordid mess. Months, and years, of lies, blackmail and conflict follow, ending with the romantic union of John and Elizabeth, and their commitment to the Rambeau winemaking heritage. Cast Credited roles Rock Hudson played John Rambeau Jean Simmons played Elizabeth Rambeau Dorothy McGuire played Martha Fairon Claude Rains played Philippe Rambeau Kent Smith played Francis Fairon Anna Lee played Charlotte Rambeau Ken Scott played Luigi Griffanti Augusta Merighi played Mrs. Griffanti Francis Bethencourt played Andre Swann Stacy Graham played Monica Peter Chong played Chu Geraldine Wall played Maria Alberto Morin played Petucci Penny Santon played Mrs. Petucci Jack Mather played Dietrich Ben Astar played Yakowitz Dan White played Judge Gruber Lawrence Ung played David, the Chauffeur Robert Aiken played Tim Rambeau (as Ford Dunhill) Cynthia Chenault played Buz Dietrick (as Cindy Robbins) Don Cornell played Singer of Title Song (voice) Uncredited roles George